Hogwarts Reading Days

"Ma'am, Peeves is hiding in the empty classroom on the fifth floor. It doesn't know where it got a batch of dung bombs. Please be careful of Peeves' sneak attack."

Filch, who suffers from rheumatism, bent down as much as possible to show his respect to Umbridge, and at the same time reported Peeves' latest movements to him.

The few Aurors following Umbridge had unnatural expressions on their faces. They recalled the scene of Umbridge and Fudge being hunted down by dung bombs not long ago.

No Auror would want to experience something like this himself.

"You asked Harry Potter to bring me to my office first, and you said that I have something to look for... What is that?" Umbridge was attracted by the strange statues placed in the hall as soon as he entered the hall attention.

The Aurors followed Umbridge's gaze and saw a very strange statue on the right, which gave off a strange stench.

Everyone turned their eyes to Umbridge again. The clothes worn by the statue were exactly the same as those on Umbridge. It is not difficult to see that this is the statue of Umbridge, but someone turned the statue's head into a toad's. head.

In fact, as long as you observe carefully, you can find that there are many "secrets" hidden in this statue. The toad's head is very similar to the new principal in front of him, and it also bears the sign of "Ministry of Magic is Might".

The overall image of the entire statue is a humanoid toad, and the template of the toad is the one next to him, the famous senior investigator, deputy minister of the Ministry of Magic, and headmaster of Hogwarts.

What's interesting is that all the things hanging on the toad statue are the latest education orders issued by the Ministry of Magic, as if they are afraid that others will not know.On Toad's chest was the education order that Fudge had just appointed Umbridge as the headmaster, and other signs could also clearly see the content on it, they were all relatively important education orders.

Under the toad's flippers is the Hogwarts name and school emblem, and the lower base is a rectangular stone, engraved with the lyrics of "Toad Song" and Dolores Umbridge's signature and various " Bravery" deeds.

"Who, who did it?" Umbridge looked at the toad statue in front of him, trembling all over.

"No, I don't know... didn't you have this thing just now?"

Filch stared blankly at the statue in front of him. He dared to guarantee with his own head that there was absolutely no such statue just now.

"No, it can't stay here, it will be smashed to pieces!"

Umbridge raised her wand and cast the Crushing Charm on the damned toad statue, which she would blow into a heap of ashes.

However, the moment the spell hit the toad statue, it was bounced off directly, like a bullet hitting a large steel plate.

Not only Umbridge's eyes widened in disbelief, but the other Aurors also widened their eyes, and they all saw the strange statue bounce the spell away.

"Ma'am, there is a strong magic on this statue to protect it from the damage of the spell." Gadwin Robards looked up and down the toad statue, and he could probably confirm from the thing in front of him whether the deputy minister was in Hogwarts. Much hated.

He is a little regretful!

"Please help me disassemble this thing." Umbridge looked at the Aurors with a smirk on his face, hoping that they could help him solve the trouble.

The Aurors looked at each other, nodded to each other, and didn't talk nonsense, they all pulled out their wands and pointed at the toad statue and chanted.

A series of explosive spells hit the toad statue.

However, the statue was not blown to pieces as expected. Instead, the protective magic on the statue ruthlessly sent the explosive spell flying.

Not only did it cause a terrible explosion in the foyer, but it also splattered the gravel in the foyer, and even shocked the students in the entire castle who were in class.

"This……"

The Aurors never thought that the Explosive Curse would be bounced off the statue in front of them.

"Um... can the statue be removed? We can throw the statue into the Black Lake." Filch hugged Mrs. Norris and hid behind the Aurors, who was almost affected by the aftermath of the explosion just now.

"Just do it." Umbridge agreed to Filch's proposal,

The Aurors soon discovered that various spells could not make the statue invisible or remove it.The toad statue still stands there, like a banner that will never fall.

"No."

"Someone used a Permanent Sticking Charm."

Gadvin Robards poked at the statue with his wand and said to Umbridge, "It's not going to be easy to remove or destroy this statue."

"Is there no other way?" Umbridge asked irritably. She couldn't let this statue stay here, otherwise she would become the laughing stock of the whole Hogwarts.

"Using powerful black magic may be able to destroy it." Prout reminded in a low voice.

"I don't want to see this thing anymore, try your way!" Umbridge said to the Auror.

"Sorry ma'am, I don't know how to use Fiercefire," Prout said awkwardly.

"Who will use the Fiercefire Curse?"

Umbridge looked around at the other Aurors, and it turned out that no one knew the black magic, which made her feel tight in her chest.

Probably noticing Umbridge's angry expression, Gadwin Robards coughed lightly and explained: "Ma'am, the Fiendfyre Curse is a very evil and dangerous spell in black magic. It is famously difficult to control. Even most dark wizards don't have the courage to use the Fiercefire Curse, because there are countless cases of burning themselves to death due to the out-of-control Fiercefire Curse in the past dynasties, and once the Fiercefire Curse goes out of control, it will cause a terrible disaster, probably... just It takes an hour to burn the castle to ashes."

The Fierce Fire Curse is indeed very dangerous, even a famous dark wizard dare not use it indiscriminately.

Naturally, the Aurors would not take the risk of trying such a dangerous spell, and they are Aurors, not dark wizards, and they have no habit of using Fiendfyer to kill them.

"so what should I do now?"

The smile on Umbridge's face became more and more dangerous, "Who do you think did this, the professor in the school, or..."

"There are very few wizards in the entire wizarding world who can do this."

Gadvin Robards naturally understood the meaning of Umbridge's words, shook his head and explained: "I don't know if other professors can do it, but I think Dumbledore should be able to do it to this extent. In fact, It's hard for me to think of anyone other than Dumbledore."

"Where's Albert Anderson?" Umbridge suddenly said a name that disgusted her.

In fact, that guy might as well.

"Probably not."

An Auror waved his wand, made a black cloth to cover the toad statue, and explained to Umbridge: "The genius is indeed very powerful, but he is too young and has not yet reached the peak in all aspects. If he's 30 now, there's a real possibility that he did it."

"It's okay, I'll find out if I call Mr. Anderson over and ask about it." Umbridge still had a hypocritical smirk on her face. She mentioned Albert's name now, just to put this matter on hold On the opponent's head.

In Umbridge's view, Albert was equally suspicious.

With that said, Umbridge turned to Filch and said, "Please, Argus."

"Okay ma'am, I'll go right away."

Filch put Mrs. Norris on the ground and went to find Harry Potter.

A quarter of an hour later, under the confused eyes of Professor Flitwick and other students, Harry reluctantly followed Filch out of the Charms classroom.

Before leaving, he shrugged his shoulders towards Ron and Hermione, signaling them not to worry, and reminding them to help him pack things later.

"What did Umbridge want from me?" Harry asked casually, and he could actually guess what Umbridge wanted from him.There are only two possibilities for the toad to find him: confinement or torture.

But Harry wasn't afraid at all, because he hadn't made any mistakes recently, so he definitely wasn't in confinement, and the rest was news of torture.

Torture news must use veritaserum.

Ever since he missed the chance last time, Harry kept the antidote for Veritaserum with him in case the toad went crazy and troubled him one day.

"It's the headmaster." Filch corrected, his voice hoarse and ugly, and he was gloating, "Things are changing here, Potter."

"I haven't seen any changes. Defense Against the Dark Arts professors are not a good profession." Harry said indifferently, "Especially the last few generations of Defense Against the Dark Arts professors have come to a bad end."

While talking, Harry poured a few Veritaserum antidotes into his mouth while Filch wasn't looking, and he knew his chance had come.

"Dumbledore has been too lenient to you guys. Look, with Umbridge in power, things will be very different here, and the Minister for Magic has signed off on Peeves," Filch squinted at Harry. , leading him to Umbridge's office.

"Oh, really? But I doubt they can get rid of Peeves, if they can, Peeves would not be at Hogwarts long ago." Harry poured out another tranquilizer and threw it into his mouth .

"If I were you, I would worry about my own affairs first." Filch sneered.

Harry saw four wizards from the Ministry of Magic outside the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows slightly, feeling that something was wrong.

Since he had just taken the sedative, Harry's mood quickly stabilized.In any case, he is a wizard who has experienced great storms, and Voldemort has not frightened him, and Umbridge is not worth mentioning compared to Voldemort.

"go in!"

Those Aurors glanced at Harry, and directly opened the door of the Defense Against the Dark Arts office to let Harry in.

After Harry entered, he found that there were more Aurors in the Defense Against the Dark Arts office than outside. He couldn't help raising his eyebrows slightly and teased: "This battle is really scary. People who don't know think that you plan to interrogate prisoners in private."

Scared?

The veins on Umbridge's forehead were slightly raised. In Harry Potter's tone just now, she didn't hear a trace of fear, but more of a strong disdain and ridicule.

Harry directly ignored the change of expression on Umbridge's face, turned his head to look at the six wizards, and asked curiously, "Auror?"

The Aurors were silent, all staring at Harry Potter.

"Are you catching Death Eaters?" Harry ignored the eyes of the others and asked with a smile, "Or, do you think I'm a Death Eater?"

The office was dead silent.

"Forget it, it has nothing to do with me anyway." Harry shrugged and said, "It's normal that the Ministry of Magic can't catch Death Eaters."

To be honest, the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic disappointed Harry. In the last few contacts with Aurors, he only felt that this group of people seemed like dogs.

That's right, the dogs who help others do bad things are similar to Goyle and Crabbe around Malfoy.

It completely deviates from Harry's understanding of Aurors. It is not like fighting against the dark forces as described by Moody, Tonks and Kingsley. Instead, it is more like a group of disgusting people who bully the weak and fear the hard. It really disappoints him .

"It's not your turn to point out our work."

A young Auror was broken first. There was nothing he could do. The look in Harry Potter's eyes was too shocking. It was a combination of disappointment, contempt, and disgust.

"What's your name?" Harry asked gently.

"what?"

"Name." Harry's smile widened.

"Enough Potter!" Umbridge snapped.

"Don't tell me? That's fine."

Harry took a deep look at the man, as if trying to keep his face firmly in mind.

"Please sit down, Mr. Potter!" Umbridge signaled the Aurors to do it.

"To be honest, I once wanted to be an Auror to fight against dark wizards." The smile on Harry's face became more gentle: "The goal is to become an Auror..."

"You have no chance of becoming an Auror, the Ministry of Magic will never..." Umbridge was interrupted.

"Oh, it's okay, I don't want to be an Auror right now." Harry interrupted with a smile: "I heard that when the Ministry of Magic was first established, it was located near the cesspit, and the entrance was also set up near the public toilet. is that true?"

"Enough Potter!" The veins on Umbridge's forehead twitched. She had never found Harry Potter so annoying as now. Although every sentence was in a calm tone, it sounded extremely harsh.

"Oh, it seems to be true, so surprising!" Harry's tone was full of surprise and disbelief.

"Okay, Potter, stop talking nonsense, drink it, and then answer me a few questions, and you can leave." Umbridge said with a grim expression, and his tone was full of unquestionable .

"Even if you use Veritaserum on me, you won't get any useful information from me." After Harry finished speaking, he picked up the cup of pumpkin juice and splashed it on the carpet, looking at Umri with a distorted expression Qi, reminded with a smile, "Change to a cup. You only need three drops of Veritaserum. Too much is bad for your brain. I don't want to become an idiot because of too much Veritaserum. Don't look at me like that. Some people say you are a demon." Failed the medicine test. Well, yes, that's what Snape said, the last time he complained about abusing Veritaserum, he didn't even know how many drops he took."

After speaking, Harry picked up the kettle next to him, poured some water into the glass, and placed it in front of Umbridge as a gesture of invitation.

Umbridge's anger rose slowly, but he still held it back. After glancing at the Aurors who pretended not to hear, he took out the vial again.

"Remember, it's three drops." Harry reminded kindly.

Umbridge's cheek twitched, but he put three drops into the glass anyway.

Harry picked up the glass, drank it all in one gulp, and sat quietly on the chair, waiting for the next "torture"!